Garage door holder



y 1937. A. S CHN EIDER 2,030,097

. GARAGE DOOR HOLDER Filed Jan. 9, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I :7 v I D /05%? 7" May 11 1937. r A. SCHNEIDEI 2,080,097

' GARAGE DOOR HOLDER Filed Jan. 9, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WUM/ A-Schn 21dET- Patented May 11, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIQE 2 Claims.

This invention appertains to closures, and more particularly to swingingdoors of the type generally employed for garages and the like.

After the doors of a garage are opened, the same have a, tendency toswing back and forth, making it extremely difficult for a person todrive an automobile into or out of the garage. This condition isaggravated if there is any Wind blowing at all. It has heretofore beenproposed to provide prongs hingedly carried by the bottom of the doorfor engaging the ground when the doors are open. However, the prongsslip and can be easily jarred loose and are generally unsatisfactory.

It is, therefore, one of the primary objects of my invention to providepositive means for holding the doors against swinging movement in bothdirections after the same are open, whereby to permit the entrance. orexit of an automobile into a garage without accident.

Another salient object of my invention is to provide a pivoted latch orlook lever movable over a sliding guide, and brace rod for the swingingdoor to effectively prevent movement of the rod and the consequentaccidental swinging of the door.

A further important object of my invention is to provide a swinging doorembodying a frame having hingedly connected thereto a brace and guiderod slidably mounted in a bracket carried by the door, the rod and itsmounting limiting the swinging movement of the door in one direction,with a pivoted latch lever movable over the rod whereby to preventmovement of the rod and the door in the opposite direction.

A still further object of my invention is to provide an improved deviceof the above character for holding the doors of a garage in an openposition against accidental swinging movement, which will be durable andefficient in use, one that will be simple and easy to manufacture, andone which can be placed upon the market and incorporated with a door andframe at a reasonable cost.

1 With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, arrangement, and formation of parts as will behereinafter more specifically described, claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary detail view looking from the inside of a doorshowing my improved device applied thereto, the door being in its openposition.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view through the door and frame,taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in thedirection of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a detail vertical section taken substantially on the line 33of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, showing the latchlever positioned over the guide and brace rod.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 1, showing a slightly modified formof my invention.

Figure 5 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 5-5 ofFigure 4, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 6 is a detail, vertical sectional view taken substantially on theline 66 of Figure 4, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,the letter A generally indicates my improved attachment for a door Dhingedly carried by a door frame F.

The specific construction of the door and its frame forms no part of thepresent invention, but the same have been illustrated to show the use ofmy invention. As illustrated, the door D is connected to the frame F bymeans of hinges l0. Disposed in spaced relation to the hinges i0 is thestop strip II for the. door D.

My improved attachment A comprises a swinging arm or brace and guide rod15, the outer end of which is slidably mounted in an opening l6 formedin an angle bracket ll rigidly secured to the inner face of the door Din spaced relation to the hinges Ill. The inner end of the swinging armor brace rod is rigidly connected to a stop plate I8 which is hingedlyconnected, as at ill, to the door frame. F at one side of the stop stripII. The brace and guide rod or arm I5 is curved or otherwise suitablyshaped so as to extend about the door when the same is in its openposition. The plate !8 is adapted to abut against the strip II when thedoor is in its open position, so as to limit further swinging movementof the door.

Secured directly to the strip II at one side of the hinge plate I8 is anangle bracket 29. This angle bracket 20 includes an attaching portion 2|and an outwardly extending foot 22 having a keeper notch or slot 23formed therein. Pivotally mounted upon a pivot pin 24 is a latch or looklever 25 having the outwardly extending manipulating handle 26.

When the door D is in its open position, the rod or arm |5 swings overthe foot 22 against the attaching plate 2| of the bracket 20, and thelatch lever 25 can be swung down over and in front of the brace rod orarm l5 into the keeper recess 23. The engagement of the latch lever 25with the rod I5 effectively holds the rod or arm l5 against movement andthereby prevents swinging movement of the door in any direction.

My novel attachment effectively prevents accidental swinging movement ofthe door and positively holds the door in its open position andeliminates accident from the swinging of doors incident to the passageof an automobile into or out of the garage.

When it is desired to close the door, it is merely necessary to raisethe latch lever 25 to its elevated position away from the arm or bar l5,after which the door can be closed in its ordinary manner.

The rod or arm 5 forms an important feature, as the same acts as a braceand guide for the door and facilitates the easy opening and closing ofthe door.

In Figures 4, 5, and 6, I have shown a slightly modified form of myinvention, and in these figures, the door frame is indicated by thereference character 30, and the door by the reference character 3|. Thedoor 3| is connected to its frame by the use of suitable hinges 32, andI employ a brace and guide rod 33 for the door, which can be of the samecharacter as the brace and guide rod l5 shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3.

The guide and brace rod 33 is rigidly secured to a swinging plate 34,which is hingedly connected by means of a hinge pin or pintle 35 to anattaching plate 36 rigidly secured to the door jamb. The brace rod 33 isadapted to swing over the stop bead or strip 3'! when the door is swungopen and against an angle keeper bracket 38. This angle keeper bracket38 includes an attaching portion 39 and a right angularly extendingsupporting plate 40 having a keeper recess 40.

The attaching plate 36 for the hinge plate 34 may be provided with avertically disposed guideway 4|, in which is slidably and rotatablymounted the latch or lock lever 42. The latch lever 42 is of asubstantially inverted U-shape and includes depending arms 43 and 44 anda connecting body portion 45. The arm 44 is slidably and rotatablymounted in the guide 4| and is retained against displacement therefromby means of a nut and washer 46 and 41.

After the door has been swung open, as shown in Figures 4 and 5, thelatch lever 42 is swung in the guide 4| over the hinge plate 34, whichis provided with a guide notch 48 therefor into engagement with thebrace and guide rod 33. The latch lever is now pushed rearwardly so thatits lock arm 43 will ride into the keeper recess 40'.

As the latch or lock lever 42 is pushed rearwardly, its arm 44 will beslid in the guide 4|, and as the guide is so formed as to frictionallyengage the arm, accidental sliding movement of the arm will beprevented. Obviously, the engagement of the latch lever with the bar 33will firmly hold the bar against swinging movement, and consequentlyaccidental closing movement of the door is prevented.

When it is desired to close the door, all that is necessary is to pullforwardly on the latch lever 42 until the arm 43 rides out of the keeperrecess 40, at which time the latch lever can be swung away from the bar33. This will permit the free swinging of the door and the door can bemoved to its closed position.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit or thescope of this inhingedly connected to the door frame, a brace and guiderod rigidly connected to said plate and movable over the door frame, aguide bracket rigidly secured to the door slidably receiving the rod, akeeper plate carried by the door frame, and a swinging latch leversecured to the door frame and movable over the rod into engagement withthe keeper when the door is in an open position to prevent movement ofsaid rod.

2. A device for preventing the accidental swinging movement of a door onits frame when the door is in an open position comprising a platehingedly connected to the door frame, and a brace and guide rod for thedoor rigidly connected to said plate and movable over the door framewhen the door is in an open position, a keeper bracket, and a slidingand swinging latch lever carried by the door frame movable over the rodand into engagement with the keeper bracket when the door is in an openposition, whereby to prevent movement of said rod.

ADAM SCHNEIDER.

